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India-Pakistan Gunfire Triggers Terror Of Past Conflict

The sound of gunfire near the India-Pakistan border brings back painful memories for Bashir Dar, whose wife was killed from previous fighting over Kashmir (Credit: AFP)

For 10 nights straight, gunfire between Indian and Pakistani soldiers has echoed from the mountains and deep valleys that form the heavily defended de facto border between the nuclear-armed rivals.

And, each night, it brings back afresh the horror for 50-year-old maize farmer Bashir Dar -- the last time the bitter enemies battled across the Line of Control in contested Kashmir, his wife was killed.

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